About three out of the 13 delegates from Mariga Local government Areas of Niger State have been reportedly killed by bandits.
The delegates who had showed face for the governorship primaries of the People’s Democartic Party in Niger state were murdered on Wednesday evening.
It was gathered that the incident occurred between Mariga and Tegina and the three persons were shot dead on the spot in an ambush laid by the Bandits
PDP had postponed the primaries after noticing some inadequacies in the delegates list provided by the party, some of the aspirants had protested against using the list,
They had claimed that the delegates list was doctored.
Meanwhile, the delegates who already gathered at the venue left for Mariga but were ambushed by bandits and three of them were killed.
The Chairman of the State electoral panel and Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State Mr. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo who made the disclosure at the state party secretariat described the incident as sad.
Ewhrudjakpo also asked all the aspirants for the replacement of the three deceased delegates, which they agreed to after a brief discussion.
He afterwards, ordered a minute of silence be observed for the deceaseds’.